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Incentive To Keep Playing MMORPGs?

Posted by simoniker on from the top-answer-free-money dept.

Thanks to RPGDot for their opinion piece discussing why gamers would want to continue playing MMORPGs over long periods of time. The piece asks: "What is the best way to keep a player in an MMORPG? Reward their effort? Players will never have enough rewards to satisfy them for long periods of time. Remove all advancement limits? Players will complain that there is no goal. Reward their patience? Sure, but the gameplay has to be pretty engaging, if skills are gained through time instead of effort", but concludes without a definitive answer, begging the question - is there one?

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  1. Yeah... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Just like how all those people who are getting a monitor tan reading slashdot at noon need to get out and actually experience life.

  2. If there is, and it is sufficiently popular... by WolfWithoutAClause · · Score: 2, Funny
    Then:

    a) the person that discovers it will become very wealthy for a while

    b) everyone will be playing the game and not working/farming/eating/reproducing and the human race will die out!

    So if anyone knows the answer- do your duty to mankind and keep your mouth shut! Being very rich doesn't help if there's no food to buy, and no babes/bros to impress!

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    -WolfWithoutAClause

    "Gravity is only a theory, not a fact!"
    1. Re:If there is, and it is sufficiently popular... by moncyb · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, you miss out on the bigger picture. After a while stop charging money, ask the users to do "favours" such as farming, manufacturing, etc in exchange for game time. In fact, make these "favours" a part of the game! If they farm wheat and bake some bread, their character gets food. If they help you manufacture guns (as your unholy army will need them), their character will get weapons. When they help build a temple in your honor, their characters will gain magical powers. ...and with wearable computers, they'll be playing the game at all times, so they'll never be disinterested! Soon the whole world be your slave! MMMWWWWAAAAHHHAAHAHA!

  3. Re:like this by scrytch · · Score: 3, Funny

    I won't play an MMORPG again until I can have an effect on the world around me. ... I want the potential to not just rally and lead a clan, but to storm the castle or incite a coup!

    I won't play a MMORPG until the rallying cry sounds something different than "SCHLONGMASTERS GUILD RALLY NOW, PHAT L00T @ SPAWN 153.62. NO ONE < LEV20, FUKN NEWBS"

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